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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0343511
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Mechanisms of plant species co-existence in species-rich ecosystems: testing hypotheses using spatially-explicit field data and computer models. A generally accepted explanation for the co-existence of species in high diversity communities is one of the outstanding unresolved issues in ecology. Current hypotheses fail to satisfy in their generality; spatial implications are inadequately explored empirically, and the hypotheses are not testable within a common framework. Advances in spatial analysis and complex system modelling now make the search for a general explanation feasible. This project will parameterise and test the different co-existence hypotheses using spatial statistics, empirical/experimental studies of dispersal, recruitment, competition and herbivory, and spatially-explicit computer simulation models of community assemblage in species-rich Australian shrubland communities.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2003
End Date: 12-2009
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $475,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Terrestrial Ecology | Life Histories (Incl. Population Ecology) | Conservation And Biodiversity | Ecology |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Living resources (flora and fauna) | Biological sciences | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management
